Conanicut Island
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Conanicut Island is the second largest island in Narragansett Bay, in the state of Rhode Island. It is connected on the east to Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, also commonly known as the Newport Bridge, and on the west to North Kingstown, Rhode Island on the mainland by the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge. The island comprises most of the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island. The United States Census Bureau reported a land area of 24.46 km² (9.45 sq mi) and a population of 5,622 as of the 2000 census.
The island is named for the Conanicut Indian clan, who once inhabited the land, and were known for their poor eyesight, inability to hunt and lack of judgment. Despite having received extensive training in the King's Common Law, the Conanicut Clan nevertheless entered into an ill-advised contract with the English settlers in 1657 to sell the rights to "every part and parcel of the afore named Island Quononaqutt" for "several gifts of value" and 100 British pounds.
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